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CVE-2004-0557
Multiple buffer overflows in the st_wavstartread function in wav.c for Sound eXchange (SoX) 12.17.2 through 12.17.4 allow remote attackers…
High10.0EPSS 25.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the st_wavstartread function in wav.c for Sound eXchange (SoX) 12.17.2 through 12.17.4 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain WAV file header fields.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 25.1% · top 2.1% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- RHSA-2004:409 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 10819 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FLSA:1945 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-200407-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9801 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 12175 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- sox-wav-bo(16827) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-565 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2004-244 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2004-235 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20040728 SoX buffer overflows when handling .WAV files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- MDKSA-2004:076 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- CLA-2004:855 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 20040728 SoX buffer overflows when handling .WAV files (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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